Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

I doubt it's coming from those 500 followers. It could be a combination of things from twitter.

But I could be wrong.

I'm just going by my own stats.

And out of 227,000 visits in the last 30 days, Twitter accounted for a whopping 231 from 971 followers and hundreds of retweets of my posts.

Similar experience here.

I'm using Twitter only to stay in touch with already hooked up visitors. Seems they like it, and I don't mind spending a few minutes a day on them to keep them reminded of me. I don't even have any hopes of getting some serious traffic via that platform.

I'm using Twitter only to stay in touch with already hooked up visitors. Seems they like it, and I don't mind spending a few minutes a day on them to keep them reminded of me. I don't even have any hopes of getting some serious traffic via that platform.

this different to me, I got more views from Twitter, even sales via Twitter for my forum. Thus, for me, I always vote Twitter is my number 1 social networks.

It only makes sense to me if you're a celebrity or a marketer like us trying to sell to these "average" people.

By average I just mean average everyday people.

I personally couldn't agree more. I think a lot of people would still choose to sell their stuff on Facebook for obvious reasons - it's visually more interesting and appealing that Twitter. You can also customize your post on Facebook as to how you would want people to see it as compared to Twitter wherein you only get to see a very short introduction and then a link to it. If you're lucky, you might also get a photo along with the post to give you an idea of what you're getting into.

Facebook is best for driving traffic but some times your adsense get banned due to large volume of traffic from social media

Don't you hate that. The Big G loves to ban folks for almost any reason now days.

/rant off

Believe it or not I've not lost an adsense account or had a site delisted, but have a lot of friends who have. Just used to LOVE Google and they've changed so much over the years.

Back on topic. I have a decent sized twitter following but it seems most folks on twitter are not that engaged with it. On FB, people are online there a LOT. There's a high percentage of people in all age groups who are certifiably addicted to FB. To me, that makes a much more fruitful advertising base.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

I would say Facebook hands down completely! FB is very user friendly and there are many ways that you can use it to increase your email subscribers list. You can use FB groups, Fanpages or use their CPC or CPM Models. Are you doing list building with twitter?

Organic or paid? I think both platforms are now increasingly accurate with targeting on the paid side. On the organic side it has to be Twitter that is my preference purely because you can respond to someone's tweet and jump straight into conversation even if they don't follow you.

For e.g. you sell SEO services and search twitter for latest genuine seo queries. It's a great way to build relationships. This just isn't possible on Facebook due to privacy settings.

On the paid side however, the reach you can get from Facebook is incredible.

One more thing, Twitter is excellent for PR. All the journalists are on it and very active. Just search for the hashtag #journorequest and see for yourself!

I would say Facebook is #1, it has a few more advantages: For example videos. They're becoming more and more important because they can easily entertain and mostly doesn't require any efforts like understanding written words or something. Like I you can see here about facts about online video, Facebook is now number two after YouTube in terms of unique video viewers. That shows the importance of videos - and twitter tries to keep up with Vine.

I use both facebook and twitter for my consumer oriented niche health site. I started with twitter almost exclusively and built the page to over 50,000. I thought it was doing great, but google analytics showed me that very few people were clicking through on links to articles...like 10 per tweet. Then, I concentrated on facebook. The click throughs skyrocketed. I now have over 108,000 and each post brings hundreds or thousands. The key with Facebook is maintaining high engagement. Mine is 113,000, but it can go up or down within a few days. I tied my facebook to twitter, so everything on facebook posts to twitter. With twitter, I was highly engaged, posting back and forth with huge Interaction responses, but the click throughs never approached Facebook.

I don't think that Facebook and Twitter can be compared in any way. They're not even close neither by popularity, members or features. I believe Twitter has its own advantages, but I prefer Facebook.

@quizfactz - every second thread in this part of the forum is about popularizing Facebook pages, getting more likes, fans, followers etc. but basically it is up to you to see what will work for you the best

Hello,
I think both are most helpful for getting traffic.
In Facebook, we can promote our business more elaborately. Just like, we can use viewable image/videos in Facebook which helps to get better impact.

I prefer Facebook to be the best. Not everyone and in every country Twiiter is popular. But Facebook is popular in every way. Don't spend time on Twitter rather focus on Facebook Fan page, and try to make it awesome one..

Google + its the most important social network for promoting your website on google , if you just want to expose your product to people I would say FB better than twitter.
How ever Twitter can effect your google ranking just abit less than FB

Google + its the most important social network for promoting your website on google , if you just want to expose your product to people I would say FB better than twitter.
How ever Twitter can effect your google ranking just abit less than FB

why you think Google+ is the most important social network for promoting website, please show any reasons.??

It is time to check in on the battle between Facebook and Twitter for dominance of the social media LOL. I like Facebook and Twitter both, with a slight edge to Twitter for it value as a news source and as a vehicle for B2B and B2C. Facebook does so well with the former. But instead of these two, my choice is Google+ which combines the best of both worlds and comes with built in SEO.
Thanks !

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

It really depends on what you are trying to promote. Visual things tend to do better on Facebook.

All my traffic for my affiliate marketing firm comes from re-tweets of twitter, facebook doesn't count for more than 18% of my traffic. I find twitter is better for marketing, but if you want leads then facebook is the way to go. Just from my personal experience anyway.

In my opinion Twitter is better than facebook, Because Twitter is a very large social channel, I know facebook as well and good network but in my personally Opinion because twitter gives me more effect result gives more traffic for my business My choice is {Twitter} {Twitter} [Twitter}

In my opinion Twitter is better than facebook, Because Twitter is a very large social channel, I know facebook as well and good network but in my personally Opinion because twitter gives me more effect result gives more traffic for my business My choice is {Twitter} {Twitter} [Twitter}

Agree to this opinion, If for me can choose between 50K followers and 50K fans on Facebook, I will choose Twitter because at this time I getting more benefits with it.

I get more traffic from facebook but I like using Twitter as well. Facebook doesn't want you to meet new people so I find it hard to get new followers without spending. Twitter I can send out 200 targeted emails a day for free so that is pretty cool. I get a few new fans a month on FB but can get as many new followers on twitter as I want.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

For business and advertising, I think Twitter is more effective. More business owners are active on Twitter.

There's no reason to choose. Both networks have huge audiences and, regardless of your business, it's very likely segments of your market use both networks. Learn the proper etiquette of each network and combine their strengths. If you're doing any type of content marketing (and you should be), you would be stupid not to use both networks.

Aside from that, there's a lot of really bad advice from some people in this thread. If you're impression of Twitter is still that it's only for celebrities or people wanting to broadcast every minute event in their life like brushing their teeth, you really shouldn't be giving advice about social media marketing. That was decent advice 2007; it's terrible advice now.

There is an incredible amount of substantive discussion on Twitter. There are tons of business opportunities on Twitter. It is, by far, a much better method of spreading your content quickly. It is quite a lot easier to grow an audience, because Twitter is extremely open compared to Facebook.

Twitter is absolutely not just for celebrities any more and it's not a feed of mindless updates anymore, assuming it ever was.

Originally Posted by jasondinner

Twitter traffic is garbage. Unless you have hundreds of thousands of real followers

Perhaps for you. For me, it is one of the highest drivers of traffic and they stay on the site just as long as visitors from Facebook.

I have 1,300 followers -- such is the beauty of Twitter. You don't need hundreds of thousands of followers to make an impact anymore than you need hundreds of thousands of fans on Facebook to make an impact. The ability to share via retweet increases reach of updates very easily and quickly.

Perhaps for you. For me, it is one of the highest drivers of traffic and they stay on the site just as long as visitors from Facebook.

I have 1,300 followers -- such is the beauty of Twitter. You don't need hundreds of thousands of followers to make an impact anymore than you need hundreds of thousands of fans on Facebook to make an impact. The ability to share via retweet increases reach of updates very easily and quickly.

You must not be dealing with the same kind of traffic numbers as me. I could be mistaken but for you to say that Twitter is your highest source of traffic tells me you don't get very much traffic from anywhere else or at all.

Perhaps for you. For me, it is one of the highest drivers of traffic and they stay on the site just as long as visitors from Facebook.

I have 1,300 followers -- such is the beauty of Twitter. You don't need hundreds of thousands of followers to make an impact anymore than you need hundreds of thousands of fans on Facebook to make an impact. The ability to share via retweet increases reach of updates very easily and quickly.

For Twitter to be your largest source of traffic and from only 1300 followers leads me to believe that you don't get much of any traffic from anywhere else, let alone much from twitter itself.

Facebook is a traffic powerhouse if you know how to use it properly.

I could be mistaken, but thats' just what i'm seeing from running a super high traffic authority site.

I think facebook is better than twitter.Facebook appeals to people looking to reconnect with old friends and family members or find new friends online; the mashup of features like email, instant messaging, image and video sharing, etc. feels familiar, while Twitter is a bit harder to get your arms around at first.

I prefer FB... I use/ have both but the average person on fb may have between 100-200 friends and may like a few pages but if you are on twitter most people are following hundreds - thousands of people so your news feed is forever ticking over, and who scrolls their twitter news feed.. not me so its harder for people to see what your saying, promoting etc where as on FB your fan base are more likely to see what you have to say.. Plus you cant really having a meaning conversation on twitter..

In my opinion,whatever facebook or twitter,they have each own advantage.i both like them very much,but it so regretful for me that i can use them freely.if we want to login them,we need to via the vpn tool.

Good question Twitter has more brand appeal than facebook. Most big name musicians, athletes, entertainers etc prefer twitter. There's a reason for that, and twitter is just straight to the point. It only allows you 140 characters, so you have to think and not beat around the bush when writing your status.

As it's said, facebook is like your living room and twitter is like the bar. If you have a lot to say and want to more engage your group, then facebook is for you. If you do shorter updates and want to respond more in a live chat type of way, then twitter is for you. And, facebook is too time consuming dealing with comments, likes, being tagged, added to groups without your permission, getting a million game invites lol, and the usual 100 "like my page invites" (from the same person ).

However, I have tested it. When it comes to sales, facebook does beat twitter hands down, I've made more sales on facebook than on twitter, and that's just with recommending through my status updates and not doing it through FB ads, so you will get more response because it get's people talking and joining in on the conversation, which pulls more attention overtime.

Most people however, prefer going to their favorite brands twitter profile before they do on facebook. That's why you usually see twitter being promoted everywhere. ofcourse it's wise to do both to reach a wider audience, but I'm a ole' school twitter head. Better for branding and making things go viral. Didn't facebook just copy twitter with the #hashtags? Just kidding

I think Facebook and twitter both are of the best social media site in the world. But Facebook is most popular than Twitter. Facebook helps to civilize your business and get more traffic to your website.

In my opinion,whatever facebook or twitter,they have each own advantage.i both like them very much,but it so regretful for me that i can use them freely.if we want to login them,we need to via the vpn tool.

My personal opinion is Facebook, I simply had more success with it. You have many different ways to use it - posts, pages, groups, ads etc. I've also noticed that on Twitter more people are trying to just get their message out and ignoring everyone else, while on Facebook people are actually reading the posts. That's just my experience...

It's not about selling on social, it's about bringing together a group of people (Facebook) that have similar interests or interacting with people on twitter based on similar interests and conversations.

Which is better? I agree with ReferralCandy- it depends on what your niche is.
There's no right answer.

Is pinterest better than both of those? Maybe for interior design, baby stuff or fashion but certainly not for everything.

Facebook is definitely better than twitter. In some parts of the world, twitter is not widely used. However, people who use facebook are heavily dependent on it. I know people who cannot do anything else until they have opened their facebook in the morning.

I prefer both Facebook and Twitter as it depends on the post and tweets you tweet on facebook and twitter respectively, How useful it is for visitors or users, If they find some interesting post then only they will wish to visit your website or others posts.

I prefer both Facebook and Twitter as it depends on the post and tweets you tweet on facebook and twitter respectively, How useful it is for visitors or users, If they find some interesting post then only they will wish to visit your website or others posts.

If the question is which one is better for marketing then I will definitely say Facebook is better. Facebook has a large audience and it offers more oppurtunities to do marketing. We just have to take the right marketing way via Facebook according to our niche. Because every niche can have different demand of engagement.

Both have their purpose and if you have a website, you must use Twitter as well as Facebook. However, I must say I earned a good amount of money with CPA offers on Facebook without website and direct links. I would not have been as successful with Twitter.

You're never going to get a definitive answer for this question. Asking to choose between Facebook and Twitter is like asking people to choose between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Because it's really not about which social networking site is better. It's about which site is best for your specific goals.

I used to make lots of sales via twitter but got my account with 60,000 followers suspended because they decided they didn't like tweetadder, or any automation software.. So twitter works well and less competition as they are all advertising on Facebook .. But unfortunately twitter is trigger happy at deleting accounts which makes it probably better or a bit safer to use Facebook ... :-)

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

I guess the reason that you get more customers and traffic through twitter than Facebook is that you may more time on twitter, am I right?

Twitter is the most effective way to post your information, because you just need to type several lines and then you can finish posting your information. However, I like Facebook more than twitter because facebook allows us post information in details and facebook give us more options to communicate with our friends.

I like both Facebook and Google+, though I'm not ignoring Twitter as it allows me to send out short burst messages to my followers. Also, since these tweets are public, they are picked up in a feed, when proper hashtags are used. And, so the tweets are likely to be seen by more than just my Twitter followers.

I think it's been said but yes you need to find the best platform for your particular niche. Where are the people you want to buy from you? Are they on Twitter? How are they consuming content? Are they in a buying mode? What about Pinterest? I have an e-commerce client who we do a lot of pinterest with and see good ROI from it.

But at the end of the day, you should definitely be using Facebook. I've had great success with it in terms of engagement and ROI from advertising.

They are both very good marketing tools, but I prefer Facebook. I do use both though, and encourage everyone to use as many social media platforms as possible. Facebook is good because you get more options when setting up a fan page compared to a Twitter account and there's a bigger chance of a post going viral.

I agree that each of them has their own advantage, but if you have to choose want then evaluate your target market(are they using twitter or facebook?). It is still advisable to get exposure as much as you can.

Social media trend is the most effective tool to spread your news and reach millions of people in no time. There are many sites leveraging day by day, but I'd focus on 2 major sites-
Facebook and
Twitter

Why most people fail to benefit from social media campaigns?
I'm a sufferer and learned from failed attempts. That's why I can share my story to make you build better audience. Most campaigns do fail due to improper planning, over usage, untargeted audience and poor landing pages. I heard many people investing a lot of money for social promotions that resulted in digging their pockets.

Facebook overhaul: If you take a look at FB pages, you'll find hundreds of fanpages having 50,000+ fans. But how many get conversions? Probably less than 5%. That means 95% people are loosing bucks.
Once a people contacted me to sell his page with 150,000 fans. He wanted to sell because he can't make a penny from it.
There are lots of pages you'll find thousands of fans, but 0 interaction, no people like or comment on it.

Twitter overhaul: Same goes for twitter. Most of massive twitter follower-base profiles go without earning. About hundreds cheap fiverr gigs are available who want to tweet to their 100,000+ followers for 5 bucks.
Once I used one of them, that resulted me only 2 clicks. Holy gossss.
Most twitter users suffer from this scenario.

Which one wins?
To get fans is not easy, you've to do lots of works. You can use exchange services, but facebook frequently bans such pages.
Comparatively its easy to get twitter followers. There are handy software that can give you targeted followers, damn cheaper than facebook ads. And twitter exchange programs really work fine. Twitter directories work great to gain targeted followers.

Next one is placing links. how many links you can post on FB? Probably very few, if you post more 2-3 links at a time, FB will block you.
But you can post min 20 links on twitter without getting boiled. And most important key is you can post same link over and over 2-3 times a day. If it happens for FB, fans will leave and FB may blacklist you.

Getting traffic: Facebook drives quick traffic for photos, not for all links. 1%-5% CTR is very common for fanpages while some act very poor.
Twitter CTR is reasonably low, ideally we expect 0.5%-1.5% and it depends on 140 letters quality. But you can tweet same link 5-10 times, means 5-10 times traffic to your site.

I'm writing my words. And like to know what others see outcomes from these 2 giant networks.

Social media trend is the most effective tool to spread your news and reach millions of people in no time. There are many sites leveraging day by day, but I'd focus on 2 major sites-
Facebook and
Twitter

Why most people fail to benefit from social media campaigns?
I'm a sufferer and learned from failed attempts. That's why I can share my story to make you build better audience. Most campaigns do fail due to improper planning, over usage, untargeted audience and poor landing pages. I heard many people investing a lot of money for social promotions that resulted in digging their pockets.

Facebook overhaul: If you take a look at FB pages, you'll find hundreds of fanpages having 50,000+ fans. But how many get conversions? Probably less than 5%. That means 95% people are loosing bucks.
Once a people contacted me to sell his page with 150,000 fans. He wanted to sell because he can't make a penny from it.
There are lots of pages you'll find thousands of fans, but 0 interaction, no people like or comment on it.

Twitter overhaul: Same goes for twitter. Most of massive twitter follower-base profiles go without earning. About hundreds cheap fiverr gigs are available who want to tweet to their 100,000+ followers for 5 bucks.
Once I used one of them, that resulted me only 2 clicks. Holy gossss.
Most twitter users suffer from this scenario.

Which one wins?
To get fans is not easy, you've to do lots of works. You can use exchange services, but facebook frequently bans such pages.
Comparatively its easy to get twitter followers. There are handy software that can give you targeted followers, damn cheaper than facebook ads. And twitter exchange programs really work fine. Twitter directories work great to gain targeted followers.

Next one is placing links. how many links you can post on FB? Probably very few, if you post more 2-3 links at a time, FB will block you.
But you can post min 20 links on twitter without getting boiled. And most important key is you can post same link over and over 2-3 times a day. If it happens for FB, fans will leave and FB may blacklist you.

Getting traffic: Facebook drives quick traffic for photos, not for all links. 1%-5% CTR is very common for fanpages while some act very poor.
Twitter CTR is reasonably low, ideally we expect 0.5%-1.5% and it depends on 140 letters quality. But you can tweet same link 5-10 times, means 5-10 times traffic to your site.

I'm writing my words. And like to know what others see outcomes from these 2 giant networks.

Impressive calculations.
But I fear how much it works for the rest, may be true for a few handy people while most of others go for looking.

At present facebook is not only a popular social media but also the most popular site in the world. Facebook has the highest viewer all over the world. Even the viewer of facebook is higher then Google. Facebook is user friendly then Twitter. so undoubtedly you can say facebook is better then Twitter.

Both have their place. If you aren't using one you're missing out on a big chunk of traffic. Even if you only spend a few minutes per day on the one that you feel is "less better". It can still make enough of a difference to spend those extra couple minutes.

Both have their place. If you aren't using one you're missing out on a big chunk of traffic. Even if you only spend a few minutes per day on the one that you feel is "less better". It can still make enough of a difference to spend those extra couple minutes.

My opinion... use both!

Great point that you have made. When you use a variety of social media, you are more likely to hit a larger section of an audience than if you only use one. Even if you can not be on it daily, it does pay to make an account and use it once in a while.

Personally I would vote for Facebook because based on my experience twitter is difficult to penetrate since it's fast pacing and I'm getting a hard time to track down my past conversation. Maybe it just about finding the right social media platforms that works for you.

At the end of the day, our preferences don't matter. What does matter is where your target market is - and where you're merchants, brands & market leaders are.

Someone asked earlier why an average person would even use Twitter. The answer: because mainstream media is constantly encouraging it. Just turn on the TV and watch the hashtags flying all over the place!

If you're targeting a female audience, you need to be on Pinterest. Male/Tech, Google+. If you have a service-based business or target Professionals: LinkedIn. Want to network with brands and/or get sponsors & paid blogging opps: Twitter.

So it's less about your preferences, and more about serving your market, as well as your specific objective.

The differences between the two networks are substantial and in some ways a direct comparison between the two is actually difficult to make. Twitter is simple while Facebook offers a more complicated way.

Facebook's most common use is to keep people informed of what's happening. It's become a scrapbooking site, where people archive important moments in their lives. Twitter focuses on speeding things up, often becoming a source in and of itself.

Facebook for me. I have used both for marketing my site but I found Facebook traffic to be much higher quality, and I found it easier to get traffic too. Facebook fan pages are a lot easier to promote than Twitter accounts, and you can reach out to so many people. You can take advantage of viral photo's too, and hold competitions a lot easier as well. Don't completely ignore Twitter though, it is useful too.

I personally have never made a dime from Twitter or seen traffic coming from it and i have more followers on Twitter than I do on Facebook. I guess it all depends on who your target audience is, what your niche is and and what you're selling to them as well as the quality of your followers.

When I check the social profile of my list very few of them have twitter accounts but they all have facebook profiles.

There's SO much you can do to build your business on various social channels - much more than just "selling" to your followers. Including connecting with brands, merchants, affiliates & JV partners, market leaders / influencers, etc.

You may not see a high (direct) conversion rate on Twitter for example, but what if a major brand promotes your offer to their thousands of Facebook Fans (totally unsolicited highly targeted FREE advertising) based on a Tweet they saw because you used the right hashtag? This is from my own personal experience, and has happened more than once.

EVERY social channel has huge potential. It's a matter of using it correctly, and having a specific objective that strategically grows your business.

OK in my opinion you should be taking advantage of as many traffic getting methods as you can. Both Facebook and twitter have their own merits, and if you are merely using either or both for social bookmarking purposes, you won't lose out.

I for one take advantage of these and others social sites with no great investment of my time.
I guess my answer is used judiciously both are of value, and you don't need to spend too much time in analysis of these two.

you have many things to explore on facebook (join groups , create pages, etc.)
if you want any stuff to go viral on internet than facebook will always help you out
twitter is also a popular social site and mostly professionals use it. so on leads point of view twitter is equally good.
use both for marketing

I have accounts with both. I hardly ever use twitter, I just find I can do allot more on facebook, and I find it a more enjoyable way of interacting with people. Having said that I will still use twitter for things in the future as it is very popular.

Personally, I find Facebook as place from where my personal friends post their rants and that makes me annoyed that is why I prefer Twitter more. I can express myself more on Twitter and I find more serious people from there.

Facebook is definitely bigger and everything, but Twitter does offer marketers more freedom when it comes to approaching potential followers: it doesn't restrict you from talking to users who aren't following you yet.

This can be a very powerful advantage when you're just starting up and nobody yet knows who you are.

Both Facebook and Twitter have distinct advantages and disadvantages, so in marketing they should be use to complement each other, and not a one vs other choice. There are people on Twitter who are not avid Facebook users and vice versa. Therefore to get to both crowds, you need to have marketing strategies for both FB and Twitter. My humble opinion.

They are quite different social networks. And it is difficult to say which one is better. It should depend on your needs and thus you can decide which is better for you. It is not possible to judge from outside.
I personally do not use Twitter, but plenty of my friends like it. And I rarely use Facebook (but I used to use it a lot before), I just got tired of Internet communication. I prefer it in real life now
Good luck with your choice!

Facebook to Twitter is like apples and oranges. It really depends on your objective.

I personally don't spend much time on Facebook. Nor does my company spend much energy advertising on there. Why? Because Facebook is purely a consumer network where as a marketer, what you are trying to do, is intrude on individuals' personal communication with their friends and family. Granted, Facebook is becoming incredibly accurate at targeting demographics with ads, but it will always be a place where people are AVOIDING hearing from you and looking at your ads.

On the other hand, Twitter, while its user base is not as large, and it's not quite as sophisticated at targeting ads, it is much more natural to be marketed to when you're on there. What you may not realize is that people are increasingly using twitter as a source of information - what articles to read, what news just broke, etc. I've never experienced another service that, when i see an ad (in this case a sponsored tweet), i actually read them, because they're so natural to what I'm already doing on Twitter.

The only service that trumps Twitter's ability to naturally market to its audience is the big G. People go to Google to find things, so being advertised to, and in turn helping people more easily find what they were searching for (adwords) will always be king in internet marketing.

As a general rule of thumb, if you're advertising to consumers, Facebook may seem like the place to do so, but in the long run you're likely going to have more success engaging with and marketing to an audience that wants to be engaged with - such as Twitter.

Facebook to Twitter is like apples and oranges. It really depends on your objective.

I personally don't spend much time on Facebook. Nor does my company spend much energy advertising on there. Why? Because Facebook is purely a consumer network where as a marketer, what you are trying to do, is intrude on individuals' personal communication with their friends and family. Granted, Facebook is becoming incredibly accurate at targeting demographics with ads, but it will always be a place where people are AVOIDING hearing from you and looking at your ads.

As a general rule of thumb, if you're advertising to consumers, Facebook may seem like the place to do so, but in the long run you're likely going to have more success engaging with and marketing to an audience that wants to be engaged with - such as Twitter.

Are you making these claims based on your own experience marketing on Facebook?

I can tell you from personal experience and from the experiences of people I mastermind with that people on Facebook do not "AVOID" looking at your ads. They are on Facebook TO be engaged. And they will buy or take whatever action it is you want them to take if you put the right offer in front of them.

At least they do from me and countless others - says my ROI.

Maybe you weren't doing it right. Either way if you don't use Facebook as one of your marketing channels you are leaving A LOT of money on the table.

From our research, if you are talking about conversions, Facebook converts 1-5%, Twitter converts 1-3%. We are in the bar/restaurant vertical, so keep that in mind. These are the numbers to convert people to a physical location. Mobile coupons convert in the 10-25% range. You would need to organically generate your own Opt-In list to send out those coupons and/or contacts via text. More work but better results.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

I use both. The main reason for me using them are for backlinks to my content. Facebook feels more personal. With Twitter though you could have a large amount of people following you but I would say 98% of the time no one see your tweets. Think about it how often do you look at all your followers tweets.

It is quite difficult to draw comparison between Facebook and Twitter, Both Facebook & Twitter has there own benefits & Limitation. On one hand where Face book offer you reach your audience through social media business page, get instant feedback regarding your products, service, sharing etc. On other hand Twitter provide platform for increasing your follower, re-tweeting facilities etc. Choosing of Facebook or Twitter does depend on the Geographics region of your country. what people or audience prefer over the other.

Facebook for sure for businesses. You can do so much more including Facebook promote, Facebook ads and reach out to more people. One advantage of Twitter is their hashtag, but Facebook implemented that feature!

I would say Facebook since they keep on adding features especially the hashtag available on the said popular platform. They also had advertisement for online retailers or website owners to promote their site.

I've spent a ton of time on Twitter in the past and have never seen any results from it. At least on Facebook I'm able to see some results fairly quickly. For me it's Facebook hands down. I just don't get Twitter.

Two different animals which serves different purposes. I find myself on FB most of the time because it is more content driven. IMO FB is great for B2C advertising-that's if your clients are individual consumers. If you are B2B, Twitter "may" benefit you more. I say use both and link the two accounts. Post on FB and it will auto tweet. Can't really compare the two at this point. We'll see which one is better once Twitter goes public(IPO).

Interesting demographics by BI Intelligence. If your looking for an audience with money, 73% of FB users report income in excess of $75k. Twitter users, less than 8% reach that level. OTOH, Twitter is trending younger with 27% between 18 & 29 (vs. 30-40s only 8%). End of the day, I'd use Twitter to support and build buzz but Facebook to seal the deal.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

I personally think that the people using Facebook and Twitter are different and you have more teenager in the first one vs more thirty to fifty in the second one.

If you know how to use them both you can leverage their different demographic and take advantage of it.

When we think of Facebook, first thing that comes in mind is images, videos, likes, comments, interactions, etc. With Twitter, points that strike are 140 characters, new updates, latest updates, followers, tweets, etc. There is a link between these two social media sites and that is the use of "Hashtags" which was introduced recently.

Both are at the top and trending today in social media. Both rock in their own ways.

I like Both they serve a dual purpose to me Twitter has less restrictions and is easier to post vs Facebook. You can tween something in less than a minute where as Facebook you have enter a captcha code.

I am good at Twitter marketing so I use it more. I am still learning how to market effectively on Facebook. From what I understand though, Twitter is the place to be, huge growth and it is constantly evolving which keeps things interesting! Also look out for niche social networks that are growing .

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I would agree with most of the posts and say that Facebook is better than Twitter but I mostly say that because I don't have as much experience with Twitter. I'm curious, has anyone had a great deal of success marketing your business on Twitter?

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Twitter to me is the best site if you want to drive more traffic to your website. Just make sure all the links you shared are worth it for everyone to click on it..
..the morepost (meaningful ones) you shared the more people will follow you..

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

FB is for every person.
twitter is for businesses.
it depends upon the usages. but FB is all rounder.

Hi, Twitter and FaceBook have both been gaining so much popularity. A lot of people would argue that Twitter is better than FaceBook, while others prefer FaceBook over Twitter. I am a huge fan and user of both social media platforms. Twitter drives the most traffic of all the major social networks ! A study showed that shares made on Twitter trigger, on average, 33 visits to websites, compared to 14 for Facebook and 10 for LinkedIn. I can confirm this fact, as I study everyday's clicks on this blog - and the majority of visitors come from Twitter. Twitter is better than Facebook because I feel as if a lot more people now have a Twitter. At one point Facebook was popular but then people switched over to Twitter because people are able to post pretty much whatever they want. And say almost anything that they want. Also, it is also much simpler so its easier for the adults who do use it. Have a nice day

Facebook. THere is nothing better than having a truthful fan community around a certain topic on Facebook. Twitter is much more limited concerning the options you have to build a lasting relationship with your fans. Furthermore, twitter doesn't allow to buy followers legally. In case of Facebook, you can purchase "likes" and take your business to your next level. Content goes also more viral on Facebook than on Twitter.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

both better now they compete each other but if compare best is facebook

I think Facebook is better option as compare to Twitter. Few among many reasons are: Facebook has no limit for character and it is very famous around worldwide. Also, It's a better choice to increase traffic and visibility.

This is a tad like fanboys arguing if Superman or Thor would win in a fight. Facebook and Twitter are totally different creatures, each with its own capacities and advantages. It's not about figuring out which one is objectively better, it's about finding the optimal solution for your own business.

This is a tad like fanboys arguing if Superman or Thor would win in a fight. Facebook and Twitter are totally different creatures, each with its own capacities and advantages. It's not about figuring out which one is objectively better, it's about finding the optimal solution for your own business.

And Thor would totally kick Kryptonian butt, by the way.

No way. Thor's abilities come from magic, whereas Superman's come from the sun. It's easier to stop magic (with equally powerful science) than it is to eliminate the center of our solar system.

hello,
In my opinion both are good because both are captured the whole market ,but i think both have there own advantages .Facebook is famous among the youngsters for networking Twitter is something where we can find some serious topic and discussion also.

In my opinion both social networking site have their own importance we can not compare each other as their format is completely different as on twitter their is some limitation of words on post where as there is no word limit on facebook for post and comment and there is some limited access and restriction on twitter, but these things are very lees on facebook in comparison to twitter. If we talk about traffic from these two sits i think twitter provides more traffic in comparison to facebook because of its restriction on word limit that is why it only provide the specific description for detailed description we need to follow the link so most of the time people make their tweet attractive so that user can follow the link whereas on facebook their is lots of thing is their without any restriction so it is difficult to make a post unique and attractive enough to draw the traffic.

Well I say Facebook because it has the ability for people to get to know you before you even sell them anything... You can also start up chats with people easier and have a complete log of conversations for years... Which makes it easy to remember what you talked about before with that same person!

I say use both to help build each other! I used twitter to build my Facebook friends fast and that has worked wonders in my business!

Generally they are both perfect if you know which one where and how to use. They are both good for different areas and you can benefit from them differently. Twitter is more for sharing short texts. If you have a news or some phrases to share twitter can get you better results by tweeting, use it as rss feed. For other stuffs use facebook. You also can use twitter to tweet your facebook posts. The audience that you can reach in both may be different. That's why if you use both in the right way, you will be able to benefit from both and reach audiences in both that you may not be able to reach at only one of them. Differ both from each other.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

I'm doing both My experience with Twitter and Facebook is that on FB it's a lot easier to generate traffic and engagement, but I hate the modern way of pushing content there. Boosting posts with cash is pointless.

I've seen course on marketing for both....not that I have taken those courses ;D but I have seen they are available, but in my opinion they are two completely different monsters. The cool thing with twitter is that its simple and has a lot of integration with other social media including facebook and instagram...so what ever I share on those, I can easily share on twitter...Yes, you can do that w/ facebook but the way the post shows up there is different, not that engaging on the other hand the post on twitter is the same no matter where it's coming from..but thats just my opinion.

I've gotten more response from Facebook. There's more traffic on Facebook, and I believe that it's more versatile as a social platform. Plus, if you don't mind spending a few dollars, you can boost and/or promote your posts on Facebook and get more traffic.

Facebook can drive more traffic to your site than Twitter. If you look at its popularity and community, undeniably Facebook is on top of minds of those people/companies who wanted to get more popular worldwide.

I've just started using Twitter. However in terms of attracting customers and traffic, I gotta go with Facebook. It allows for more input such as images, group chats, fan pages, as well as paid advertising. Also, there's WAY more people connected to Facebook compared to Twitter.

I've just started using Twitter. However in terms of attracting customers and traffic, I gotta go with Facebook. It allows for more input such as images, group chats, fan pages, as well as paid advertising. Also, there's WAY more people connected to Facebook compared to Twitter.

I will try to use those your suggestions to increase traffic from Facebook. At this moment, my traffic from Twitter is bigger than Facebook.

Maybe this is true since Facebook is more for the 20+ crowd (lots of parents in there too) and many kids don't want to hang out on a site where mom and dad is. That's why Twitter and these other sites including Instagram are picking up in popularity.

I feel each have their own place.
Once can be much more detailed with Facebook whereas Twitter is more concise. Also, tweets can be shown on one's Facebook page, so I think Facebook is more all-encompassing.

Yestyle, good question. Our marketing group recommends that the signature you post in your content include your Facebook address for people to click on or copy and paste.

Think about it, when you connect with people on facebook, you also connect with their friends! If you post on their timeline, their friends will potentially see the content - and the average person has 150 friends!

facebook users are valueless compared to twitter users - u can drive tons of traffic from facebook but most of them are from india , egypt ... they wont buy anything
in my experience i guess twitter users are elite , & they are ready to buy from you

I believe the combination of using both together works really well. We take care of a lot of business' accounts and we put together a pretty solid way of growing communities by linking twitters, facebook and instagrams together... also with local directory sites to ensure reviews/ratings were given!

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

i honestly think facebook is better. twitter hurts my eyes. facebook has made me good money.

Off course, Facebook have more visters then Twitter,
Facebook have fan page option meanwhile, Twitter has no fan page options.
Facebook also offers PPC (Paid Campaigns) for advertiser, and Twitter has not any options.
so i would like to recommend FaceBook and Google Plus for best Advertiser, Twitter is just only for Personal Tweets.

I sure that that is an interesting question and I think that more people will choose facbook is the best for you but for me, I will choose Twitter because Twitter brings me more customers and traffic than Facebook.

What about you ? Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

Hmm , Here my vote is for twitter, Based on our research, and from others resources as well, what i have found is- Twitter is the fastest indexing website after cnn and bbc. The another resion why i am with Twitter is - twitter has fastest growing rate across the world.

Hmm , Here my vote is for twitter, Based on our research, and from others resources as well, what i have found is- Twitter is the fastest indexing website after cnn and bbc. The another resion why i am with Twitter is - twitter has fastest growing rate across the world.

Each has it own pos and cons but because of being launch first then Fb has advantage in members and popular
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With Facebook you can build more of a relationship with your prospects and customers, which will turn them into more of a life long customer if done right.

Where as Twitter is more of waving hello to people, it will drive a lot of traffic and make a few sales but that's it pretty much a drive by. Now if you can drive them back to facebook have them like your page, then you can target them on both platforms.

This isn't a fair question, really. It's like "Apples or oranges?" They are two different things. If you're going to have to choose only one thing for some reason, then Facebook all the way (to the bank!) but if there's no reason you can't have a twitter account as well then have both. Depending on your niche, you can really get a lot of bang for your buck.

It would have to be Facebook, although for a complete campaign I would not avoid using Twitter totally. It almost depends on your niche, but I would expect most marketers and businesses to get more out of Facebook every time. The proof is in the pudding - I've had leads and reasonable traffic from both, so I wouldn't choose one over the other unless your time is very limited.

For personal use, I have always seen Facebook being the best and to me, Twitter isn't even a comparison. Unfortunately when it comes to business, both have pros and cons. I have found that businesses starting up on social media get a lot more traffic via Twitter. It seems like it takes twice as long to build up a page on Facebook versus on Twitter. Like someone already mentioned, a lot of the people that respond, follow you, and etc. are spam or aren't valid/reputable pages. It is important to be on both to reach out to different types of audiences, and it is also nice to not have a word limit on Facebook. It's also important to get the word of your pages out through people you know, and have ones that have an influence in your industry to pass it along...the old 'word of mouth' sometimes works better than paying for followers.

I see a lot of people saying Facebook, so i will play devils advocate here and side with Twitter

Here are the facts

Twitters IPO did much better than Facebook. Its IPO per share valuation almost double in the first 24 hours.
Twitter has much more room for growth. Twitter is respectively just getting started
Twitters share of Mobile Platform was 70%
Twitters Advertising is much more user friendly because it focuses on engagement rather than clicks or views
Facebook has become more of an anti-social network lately...i digress on that one
Twitter spends more of its revenue on R and D than any other social network platform

There are other reasons but I will leave it at that. Just another viewpoint on the discussion

Facebook and Twitter isn't a good comparison. Both can make you money, but FB is hot right now and every marketer knows.

You can generate money with Twitter, but you have to get interactive with the community; and stop hyper-posting your affiliate links. Twitter is more like a cat, you have to earn its respect.

Now, if you want to spark a real conversation, compare Facebook to Google+ and take a pulse of the market. The Big G is the silent killer. So remember this, when everyone is going right... the future is left. (There's opportunity here for the smart marketer.)

Facebook and Twitter isn't a good comparison. Both can make you money, but FB is hot right now and every marketer knows.

You can generate money with Twitter, but you have to get interactive with the community; and stop hyper-posting your affiliate links. Twitter is more like a cat, you have to earn its respect.

Now, if you want to spark a real conversation, compare Facebook to Google+ and take a pulse of the market. The Big G is the silent killer. So remember this, when everyone is going right... the future is left. (There's opportunity here for the smart marketer.)

You say right, I'm trying with FB but no more effective. Fb spent more my time than Twitter to connect community.

Both Social sites are famous but as per my opinion Facebook is best because it gives many option to make your post more popular. Twitter is also best site but its sounds good for famous person. If anyone just started to social sharing then Facebook is best for initial level.

Facebook for profile and low cost advertising. Creating YouTube Videos can be a very powerful way to draw traffic. The only thing I found twitter good for was sending my twitter followers to my Goodreads page.